Fun new meetings on our Events page, most immediately a July 8 gathering on the Rt. 1 Plan. Rethink College Park provide a nice bit of data-driven context for this plan by tallying all the residential units and commercial square footage in the development pipeline at the moment. A recent note from Chad Williams at [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Planning Board’
July 3, 2009
Activists’ Guide to Surviving the Planning Board
A cooperative group of communities and citizens constitute the Indian Head Highway Area Action Council, Inc. and they work across community boundaries on quality of life and planning issues. They have recently updated and distributed their Activists’ Guide. With upcoming meetings and the slew of plans in the pipeline at Park and Planning, this may [...]
June 11, 2009
Public Input 101–FAIL
The new Mixed-Use Zone legislation’s progress has slowed down somewhat and M-NCPPC has heard from enough people about the lack of public input, that hey, they decided to do more! During the last week of school and on a Monday night, yippee! Hopefully you have received this postcard inviting you to a meeting next Monday, [...]
May 22, 2009
How much do we trust M-NCPPC?
This will be a critical question in the next month or two as our County Council considers a significant change in the planning process that would limit public input on many projects.
Next week the Maryland National Park & Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) is expected to present the County Council with an important 160-page package of Mixed-Use [...]
October 8, 2008
Bring Joe’s Electric Bus to Route 1
At a meeting in June of 2007, a group of Route 1 area residents had a chance to talk frankly with SHA Administrator Neil Pederson about transportation issues, congestion, capacity, possible improvements and Route 1. During the meeting, Riverdale Park resident Joe Kelly popped out with a great idea that’s been talked about since with [...]
October 6, 2008
Countywide Visioning Process Launches
Friday brought the second one-day economic outlook forum called “Envision Prince George’s” sponsored by the Prince George’s County Planning Department of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), along with the Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and Prince George’s County government. And while the morning was interesting and worthwhile, the afternoon presentations [...]
July 20, 2007
Landy: Not Ready for Prime Time
As you very likely know, the Landy Property would be a luxury development in a fenced, gated community with security on 34 acres off of Belcrest Rd. between Northwestern High School and Toledo Terrace. Originally approved in 2001, the plan has undergone a number of revisions. The revamped plans required a lot of work and [...]
June 24, 2007
POV: Concern Grows in University Hills
University Hills is a quiet neighborhood bordered by Adelphi Road, University Blvd., Northwestern High School and the University Hills Park and Duck Pond, a popular destination for both locals and people from as far away as the District. Our children attend University Park Elementary School, a mere mile away. A few minutes’ drive gets us [...]
June 23, 2007
Mapping Our Past & Future
As we contemplate the incredible amount of growth the Route 1 community faces, it might be worth taking a look backwards. Our area’s growth is illustrated graphically over time on this map, buildings pop up as you move from the 1800s to the present. To see your neighborhood, just click and drag the map in [...]
June 14, 2007
I Make a Motion
Our county’s planning process might easily be improved by a couple small changes.
The Wachovia Bank in Riverdale Park was approved by the town just week ago, 6/7. The Planning Board will review it today (they approved it but required some changes-3 drive thru lanes). To be located at Route 1 & 410, the bank has [...]
